Author: David Nystrom

With every new iteration in the franchise, the Zelda series finds some new way to innovate on itself. Some are smaller changes or developments, like Ocarina of Time to Majora’s Mask or Phantom Hourglass to Spirit Tracks. Others are huge sweeping changes, like the N64 era to The Wind Waker, or Skyward Sword to Breath of the Wild. While many of the fundamentals remain the same from entry to entry, the games still find ways to make themselves unique and…

||  Part Fifty-Three  ||  Part Fifty-Five  || Part Fifty-Four “Thank you, Your Grace,” the kindly woman said, her eyes hiding amid the wrinkles around them. Zelda wiped a bit of sweat and grime from her forehead and nodded to the woman as she lifted her basin of water. She poured the dirty water out near a makeshift latrine and then moved to refill the bowl near the well. For three days, she had been attending to the injured and sick. The…

The Ocarina of Time modding scene is certainly filled with a variety of ways to enjoy the game. For the most part, the unofficial ports and mods for the game exist for one of two reasons: to enable playability or for humor. In the case of this latest mod, made possible in a recently released unofficial PC port, we absolutely have one made with the aim of humor. This add-on for the Ocarina of Time PC port Ship of Harkinian makes the…

It’s fair to say that we’re all feeling that itch for something Zelda-like to hold us over until “that game which shall remain unmentioned in this article” comes out. Tunic recently released to much fanfare, but it’s not the only inspired-by-Zelda game on our radar. Coming on May 12th to the Nintendo Switch online store, Dungeons of Dreadrock is a dungeon-crawler that has already seen success on iOS, Android, and PC. This grid-based dungeon-crawler sporting a protagonist clad in a…

Music has a certain way of making us feel things that no other medium can. You hear a song and are transported to that first time and place you heard it or a specific moment in time that is with you forever. This newest Zelda compilation does all that and more. A few weeks ago, the collaborative channel, 30 Minutes to Japan released a truly amazing and ambitious project. The music compilation includes 170 songs from 18 different Zelda titles,…

The recent news of the sequel to Breath of the Wild being delayed until Spring of 2023 was unfortunate, but the announcement did come with a few seconds of new footage. In that small glimpse of what adventure might await us next year, we saw Link wielding the Master Sword in what can only be described as the worst condition any of his weapons have ever been in. I guess that means weapon durability will be back, eh? Despite the…

Without a doubt, The Wind Waker introduced one of the most unique and impactful art styles in the Legend of Zelda series. The game itself is among the most adored and honored entries into the series and there’s no shortage of fanworks that have been inspired by it. From drawings, to music, to sculptures and figurines, The Wind Waker has it all. That said, perhaps the most unique fan creation I’ve seen in a long time just popped up earlier this…

||  Part Fifty-Two  ||  Part Fifty-Four  || Part Fifty-Three Zelda, Mido, Lindsey, and Yoon remained on the mountain for two days. On the dawn of the third day, they began their descent of the great peak. Laruto accompanied them about halfway down the mountain before she said it was time for her to leave them. “Give my best regards to your father,” she said to Zelda. “Also, please give this to Lord Kalia or Lord Sagesse and let them know what…

||  Part Fifty-One  ||  Part Fifty-Three  || Part Fifty-Two The Phantasmic Composer Brothers, Sharp and Flat, charged towards Zelda with their batons out like short spears. Zelda narrowly dodged the first point and deflected the other attack with a swing of her hammer. The two brothers circled around and dove at her again, this time from opposite sides. Just as they were about to collide with her, Zelda dropped to her knees and rolled out of harm’s way. When she…

||  Part Fifty  ||  Part Fifty-Two  || Part Fifty-One Step after step, the hallway beyond the door continued onward at an impossible length. As Zelda moved deeper and deeper, she began to question if she was even in Hyrule anymore. Had she died and was this some road to the afterlife? Perhaps she was only dreaming, and this would fade in a few moments. This could have maybe even been real, but from someplace else that she’d visited long ago….